To structure this portion of the note, you can use another mnemonic: OLD CHARTS, as in what would you find if you looked at the patient's old chart. 1  Onset. 2  Location. 3  Duration. 4  CHaracter (sharp, dull, etc) 5  Alleviating/Aggravating factors. 6  Radiation. 7  Temporal pattern (every morning, all day, etc) 8  Symptoms associated.
Rat urine poses such a significant health risk that Abolish Pest Control recommends the use of biohazard suits, complete with gloves and respirators, when removing it. Waste removal experts focus on attics as the main nesting area, using vacuum cleaners equipped with special filters.
Rats also deposit small drops of urine on each other. This is called conspecific urine marking (conspecific means same species), and it occurs when one rat crawls over another and deposits a drop or two of urine, leaving a wet patch on the fur of the other rat (Grant 1963).